I really like this place. The female owner has an inquisitive mind, a warm personality, and a kind heart. Her English is good enough to communicate and ask for help. The sauna and the private onsen in the room are top-notch. I did not check the public onsen with natural hot spring, but heard it's amazing too. I booked the 5th floor with an ocean view, and the private onsen experience during starry night and the set rise were indeed amazing! The hotel itself is located in a remote little cute fish town called osatsucho, where you can find fishmen and women harvesting and selling the Ise lobsters in the morning by the port. It was a very unique and interesting experience to stay in that little town for two days during the winter when it was not crowded at all. The nearest convenience store is 10 + miles away. It was a very natural, grounding, even retreat-like experience to me, and it was drastically different from my experience in Tokyo, Nayoga, or Osaka. I did spot a few demolished houses with broken windows in the town, not sure if it's because of COVID or during the winter when there were fewer tourists. The big plus is the Shinmei shrine next door to the hotel, which is a very calming and spiritual place to visit and stay for a bit too.

Hotel Othaya is located in a very small and picturesque fisherman village, about 30 minutes drive from Toba ,home to the Ama divers and a beautiful beach. The hotel is located a 5 minutes walk to the beach, close to a beautiful shrine , few cafes and also a very interesting museum about the history of the Ama divers. Othaya healing stay is an upscale boutique hotel, with amazing rooms beautifully and modernly designed with private spa units that have an onsen,sauna with beautiful views of the sea. The hotel is run by an amazing and friendly couple, Junko and Norimasa, that go out of their way ,to make your stay memorable and comfortable. On our Last day ,we ate the hotel's traditional Japanese breakfast, which turned out to be the BEST!!! one we had in our trip to Japan. We stayed 4 beautiful days ,and we highly recommend to make a stop in this laid back village to get a feel of the authentic and traditional Japanese lifestyle and get to meet the warm and welcoming local community.

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Brand new modern huge rooms like a suite with en suite jacuzzi. We took the twin room. Onsen was outdoors with great views of the sea.

Not a lot. They ran out of parking but let us park on the driveway. We wanted to check out half hour later and they wanted to charge extra ¥500 per person but I guess that’s just policy.

Very friendly and helpful stuff, the room was exceptional with a beautiful view and one of the best private bathrooms I have ever stayed- truly relaxing. Close beautiful beach and a fishermen village. The hosts were friendly and picked us up from Toba station with a shuttle service but I can recommend a car to explore the beautiful surroundings and sea food restaurants. We will try to come again.

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Service and support from the staff was excellent, toom was one of the best we had in our trip, with private bath and sauna, but particularly worth of mentioning the support from the front office